Wyclef On Lauryn Hill: ‘She Led Me To Believe The Baby Was Mine’

Lauryn Hill’s personal life has been the subject of many headlines over the past week after Rohan claimed in an interview with The Voice that he wanted to marry Lauryn Hill but she wasn’t ready at the time. ‘I want to be in a relationship where we’re both confident about what we have; I love you and you love me too. But [marriage] wasn’t what she wanted,’ he was quoted as saying.

But it isn’t just Rohan that’s speaking out on his personal relationship with Lauryn Hill. Her former Fugee bandmate Wyclef has a few things to say as well. Last week, after attending the Boy Meet Girl USA Runway show, I came across a copy of Wyclef’s new book, ‘Purpose’ in my gift bag and I couldn’t help but flip through the pages to see what kind of tea he was spilling about the Fugees group and why they ultimately broke up.

Inside, he detailed how the group first came together, as well as his love affair with Lauryn Hill which influenced the remake of the Roberto Flack record, ‘Killing Me Softly’ and most of Lauryn’s debut album, ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’. He also claims that Lauryn led him to believe that her first son Zion was his baby up until the day the child was born and he blames the damper on her career on her relationship with Rohan Marley.

Read a few key highlights below:

On the pivotal momentin their relationship
Our concert for Haiti was a pivotal moment for the Fugees internally, too. Afterward, nothing was the same, because it captured the pivotal event that changed everything between Lauryn and me. Anyone who has seen the footage might notice that Lauryn Hill was pregnant at that time. While we played those songs I believed that her child was mine. […]

For the next nine months, I assumed her child was mine. It was easy to do as we rode the wave of success. In my mind, it was complicated and dangerous, but it was beautiful, too: If Lauryn and I had a child together, it was, to me, a product of our music and everything we’d worked to achieve. It made sense to my heart, as much as I knew it was wrong in my mind. If that’s what it came down to, I knew I would be honest with Claudinette and hope I didn’t lose her, just the way I knew I would do right by our child and so would Lauryn. I was proud of it when we performed in Haiti, because Lauryn was visibly pregnant. So to me, we were playing a concert for my people with our child growing inside of her.

On learning the truth
When Lauryn gave birth, I learned the truth: the child wasn’t mine. It was Rohan Marley’s. And in that moment something died between us. I was married and Lauryn and I were having an affair, but she had led me to believe that the baby was mine, and I couldn’t forgive that. [..] She could no longer be my muse. Our love spell was broken through her creation.

On the aftermath [Wyclef went on to write and release the ‘Carnival’ album which sold 5 million worldwide]
Meanwhile, Lauryn was writing The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which she recorded for the most part in Jamaica. She was there with Rohan, with whom she went on to have four more kids, even though he was still married to someone else. I can’t speak for her, but I don’t think Lauryn knew about this until she was already pregnant. Rohan had gotten married years before, had two children with that girl and when things didn’t work out, never divorced. He and Lauryn kept having children and just continued on unmarried because legally he couldn’t marry her.

She might have been with him in Jamaica at the time, but musically and lyrically she was still with me. Her whole album was about her trying to make sense of our relationship, and when I listen to Miseducation, it’s like reading a diary of our personal history.

On Lauryn leaving music behind
A lot of people blame me for what has become of Lauryn since then, and the fact that she’s not out and about in the music industry. You have to understand that she and I had a very complicated relationship, and I’ll take the blame for my side of the pain and confusion. No doubt, my marriage to Claudinette hurt her, but the fact that she more or less left music behind can’t be explained away that simply. Her relationship with Rohan Marley changed her life, as did becoming a mother five times over. I think she’s had a hard time in her relationship with Rohan and faced her challenges raising all of those children. It just make me sad that Lauryn hasn’t been out there making music, because she’s got a real gift and I wish she would share it with the world.

Wyclef also talks about his childhood, moving to the US at age 9, Pras and his non-profit Yele in his new book which hits shelves tomorrow.

He was married and messing around with her and got hurt in the process. Karma is a B(I)(A)TCH! He will deal. Lauryn has paid for hers. No bad deed goes unnotice in this universe. The Myseducation of Lauryn is still my all time favs!

+135yoooooo Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 11:44 am

C’mon people, lets call a spade a spade! Laurn Hill was a hoe!!! A very triflin one!!! Lmao

How you messing with 2 married men? She just like the groupies ya’ll dog on here daily except she had a talent of singing/rapping as well snagging married men…

No excuses nor pity from me….

+123Ball So Hard Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 11:49 am

In the words of Lauryn in Lost Ones he trying to “Now yuh wa bawl over separation ..Tarnish ma image in conversation.” Trying to scrimage like him’s the champion.

He was “trying to play young Lauryn like she dumb!”

That song explains everything!

These men!

OAN though Lauryn “consequence is no coincidence”

+8I HEART THE SKORPION SHOW FROM YOUTUBE Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 12:51 pm

You better #getcholife *tamar voice*

+99Trev Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 3:18 pm

i know the thumbs downs are coming…so let me just say i love Lauryn Hill’s music!!! like i loooove it…but i always saw her as a “do what I say, not as I do” type of woman…she’ll criticize black women for having “nails done by Koreans…Hair done like Europeans”…and claiming we are not right within but she does A LOT of mess herself…way worse than siding with what western society views as beauty…people love to hop on the Lauryn bandwagon an praise her, but she is not this righteous person she portrays herself to be…just my opinion though

+31MissMoNey Reply:September 18th, 2012 at 12:41 am

Iyanla please fix Wyclef! He got played by his mistress and he is still talking about it 100 years later

+109Breeangel3 in a Cole World : ) Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 11:18 am

Wyclef: “She might have been with him in Jamaica at the time, but musically and lyrically she was still with me. Her whole album was about her trying to make sense of our relationship”…..Im sorry but in my opinion Lauryn got over you Wyclef…the album might have been about you because maybe it was her way of closure(like Adele’s 21)…get over yourself Wyclef, cuz if i have a baby by another man….im not thinking about you…does that even make sense??? Lauryn loved that Marley dude and moved on from you….sorry for the long post…i love Lauryn : )

THIS!!!^^^^^ and THANK YOU!!! He’s still pissed because Lauryn LEFT HIM!! That’s the real issue. Get over yourself Wyclef!

+62causeisaidso Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 3:27 pm

Right!!! He competely played down the fact that HE WAS MARRIED!!!!! He was having a effing affair on his wife. How does his wife feel about this book? His children? Zion? Lauryns other children?

+9Shy Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 7:03 pm

To you and everyone who responded to you: YES!!! I totally agree. He doesn’t even acknowledge their relationship as she may have perceived it. He says it the baby was a product of their music, BUT NOT their love. So, you didn’t love her, Wyclef?? Although this is some “good tea” I think he included too much. Maybe to sell the book. He even states that he didn’t plan to leave his wife and hoped for forgiveness. He sounded a little bitter in these excerpts. Wyclef get over yourself.

+61Boya Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 11:21 am

Neither was I…..I feel it for Lauren and I’m trying not to be biased because I’m a fan but why kick a dog when it’s already down??? She’s facing jail time isn’t that enough? Didn’t he or Rohan think about their children and Spouses before spilling this tea? Poor Zion.

@I forgot my last…exactly!!!! Typical male bs. When ever the woman breaks things off they be Hella salty for YEARS…but when they end it its all good.

+1Stanning Myself Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 4:21 pm

Whew was the break up recent?

+7legaleagle Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 6:45 pm

This man has some nerves. He is acting like a scorned woman. He needs to let this foolishness go and move on. That woman has enough issues to deal with. Given how hurt and played he felt, I wouldn’t be surprised if he put that wonga on her to cause her to lose her marbles. I’m Haitian so I know how “some” Haitians deal with bruised egos in our culture.

+181dolostar Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 11:42 am

I may get thumbs down, but I could care less. Had this been any other entertainer you girls would throw them to the fire and label them all types of h0e$. Miss Lauren was dead wrong in having an affair and leading this fool to think she was having his baby. How dare you Mr. Wyclef get mad at her for lying to you when you were MARRIED. I mean come on, i believe Lauren was caught up in being with a “Marley” and she was ashamed to face what the public would say of her lifestyle. How you get with not one, but TWO married men is beyond crazy. Now you have just had a 6th baby with ANOTHER man. I love her music but let’s call a spade a spade honey. Get it together boo boo.

And Wyclef, you should be ashamed if yourself. How do you think your wife feels about you being soooo proud of having a baby with your mistress. I mean don’t you think she’s been through enough. She should have left him, if she already hasn’t, this would make me leave.

They were young. Nobody’s perfect! I am sure some of you have made dumb mistakes. This happened back in the late 1990s to year 2000.

+16Nicki is not the only black entertainer that is on Romney's side. Pres. O for 2012! Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 6:01 pm

THANK YOU!!!! People dog alicia keys till this day, but now everybody is like ‘oh poor lauryn, this is wrong timing since she’s facing jail time…” F that! The woman is a hoe. She probably was smiling all up in Wyclef’s wife face & then screwing her husband when she leaves the room. smut smh. I love her music. but just like people called Alicia a hypocrite b/c her music was about women empowerment, Lauryn is a hypocrite too.

& Rohan actually did divorce his wife. I think in 96. & he did an interview recently where he said he wanted to marry lauryn but she didn’t want that. The woman loves being a baby mama & a side chick hmph

+2I LOVE Lauryn Hill (Cheri) Reply:September 19th, 2012 at 9:14 am

1. Wyclef was messing with Lauryn BEFORE he got married! 2. Rohan IS DIVORCED!!! HE WAS DIVORCED AT LEAST TWO YEARS BEFORE HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH LAURYN!!!! 3. Wyclef that BS and you know it. Just like you calling her crazy and then saying you want to work with her. You’re just mad because she moved on and the only song I recall anyone saying was about you was “Lost Ones”. Keep it up you’ll lose more than one!

Chile this made me sit straight up and ignore my customer talking about nothing nearly as juicy as this. Whew Wyclef & Lauren karma is a bish called failing career and tax evasion! Hmmm what a tangled web we weave…

*spills tea* I am so amazed by the honesty Wyclef shows. I love how he accepted his part of the blame because he did play a part in Lauryn’s downfall. My only prob is Necole, you said the redid Roberto Flack’s Killing Me Softly… unless there was a sex change that none of us are aware of, that was definitely Roberta.

*spills tea* I am so amazed by the honesty Wyclef shows. I love how he accepted his part of the blame because he did play a part in Lauryn’s downfall. My only prob is Necole, you said they redid Roberto Flack’s Killing Me Softly… unless there was a sex change that none of us are aware of, that was definitely Roberta.

Uggh!!! They remade Roberta Flack’s Killing Me Softly in 1996. It’s on The Score. YouTube it or something….. it was a huge hit for them. Getcholife before you comment chile….

+627Dayz Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 11:14 am

The affair with Clef isn’t new information…and I never understood why Lauryn doesn’t get the “homewrecker” tag that is so freely thrown around these days. She was actually dating a man that she knew was married and still in a relationship with his wife. But for some reason, she gets a pass.

hmm…good question… maybe cuz its old news and wasnt around in the days of blogs and internet backlash? Or maybe cuz they are no longer together? idk…but ur right, we are all quick to bash fantasia and a.keys, but not lauryn.

I agree as well, if blogs like this one and MTO where out 15/20 yrs ago, the public would have bashed Miss Hill into a ditch. I feel sorry for their children who will stumble upon these sites. Why this information seems to be unfolding now baffles me. Anything for sales is the motto these days.

+2mindfulness Reply:September 18th, 2012 at 11:24 am

Which home did she wreck? Wycliffe is still with wife. Thanks to the child not being his.

Wyclef was messing with Lauryn before he married and continue well after the marriage. Many nineteen years old make mistakes. Wyclef was twenty-six and in my opinion taking advantage of a shy young woman. Rohan was first separated, then divorce by the time Zion was born. Wyclef has embellished the truth to sell books.

Sooooooo let me make sure I have this all correct….MARRIED Wyclef was having an affair with Lauryn Hill who then in turn duped him into thinking she was pregnant with his baby, when in reality it was Rohan Marley’s baby who at the time was already MARRIED with 2 children??

Lawd, I’ve seen soap operas with less complicated storylines than this…..*waves fan*

I’ve heard about this for years. I find it funny that other women who date married men are called all kind of hoes and homewreckers on this site, but Lauryn gets a pass because she has great music. The hypocrisy is ridiculous. And before all the stans get your panties in a bunch: I am a fan of her music, I know, the men were the ones who made the vows, and I know only God can. Did I cover them all?

One thing I’ve noticed is people like Lauryn are put on a pedestal people wont dare call Lauryn a home wrecker or an idiot for not paying her taxes but when Amber Rose was dating Kanye she was constantly called a whore just for dating someone but with Lauryn and this story she wont get that title which baffles me

This is one side of the story. Lauryn could have really thought that the baby was his. Plus, she was young. He was the one married, committing adultry. And he wsan’t going to tell his wife until he found out whether the baby was his? I am pretty sure that Lauryn tells a different story or no story at all, seeing that this is her personal business that he is putting out there to sell a book.

I’m more inclined to believe this over anything else about the Fugees. It kind of adds up to why things went down the way they did with these two. They were doing more than just being Brother and sister, and it shows in why Wyclef put her on blast those times. I was confused at first, but now it all makes sense, because I really don’t think anyone was thinking this was going down. Maybe I missed the clues, but I just would have never suspected this.

What I find hilarious is how all you women do not mention the fact that MARRIED MEN Where CHEATING on their Wives with Lauryn, CAN WE PLEASE NOT FORGET THAT. Yes I believe they are all wrong in this situation, but why would Lauryn only be the one to blame. She should not.
These are men who have responsabilities..she didn’t. They had wives and families to look after and she didn’t. They owed THEIR LOVED ONES. She didn’t. She might be the one you gave the fruit..but more importantly the ngaz ate it. Nobody forced them to..
You are all following the same fcd up logic of Adam & Eve..Temptation. The tempter and the tempted. They are both fcd up. End of story.

I just don’t know about Wyclef, he always seemed shifty to me. I am 99.99% sure that Lost Ones was about his a^^ though! “It’s funny how money change a situation. Miscommunication leads to complication. MY EMANCIPATION DON’T FIT YOUR EQUATION!”

He wants all of the accolade for what The Fugees did for music. Not taking away from that but The Miseducation eclipsed any and everything Wyclef has ever written or done. People are STILL talking about it. Now he’s trying to take credit for it? Bye.

These comments tho. When has Lauryn Hill and h03 ever been mentioned in the same sentence prior to this? Just because he makes a claim folks are going to run with it? “Tarnish my image like you the champion” Lauryn told us about this fool in nine eight. This book to me just proves that he is jealous of what she did without him. He couldn’t do the same without her.

Oh honey, remove Wyclef and leave Rohan….still a married man PLUS she has had a third child by a third (who knows…married?) man. She and Eryka should start a support group!

+3the anti idiot Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 3:23 pm

*a sixth child

+11Stanning Myself Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 4:45 pm

@ Anti Idiot

Thank you! And Its true. They’ve both acknowledged it and this isnt new info so people look crazy trying to deny it or justify it. Lauryn had hoe like tendencies and she obviously liked married men. He didnt make her get naked. Why blame him? At the end of the day tho this has nothing to do with her music and she wasnt my girl so…

Wyclef must not give a damn about his wife’s feelings tho.

+6Haysus Piece Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 11:25 am

What did I say to get moderated?!? Moderate these!

I just don’t know about Wyclef, he always seemed shady to me. I am 99.99% sure that Lost Ones was about him though! “It’s funny how money change a situation. Miscommunication leads to complication. My emancipation don’t fit your equation!”

He wants all of the accolade for what The Fugees did for music. Not taking away from that but The Miseducation eclipsed any and everything Wyclef has ever written or done. People are still talking about it. Now he’s trying to take credit for it? Bye.

Kudos to Claudinette for still staying with Wyclef….Smh at Lauryn and how she is now she is a totally different person. Her one and only album crushes majority of the females out now and then. Come back Lauryn stat!!!!!

This interview he did is filled with hurt that she left him “She could no longer be my muse” My Ass! Lauryn talen speaks and still speaks. She doesnt needs him. I saw her live in NYC at a coffee house performing. Best thing ever. He needs to move on and keep her name from his mouth!. Bright and Fiesty!

Being Haitian, I can tell you that such behavior is expected and to a certain extent accepted in the community. Not as much the diaspora but still, it is suppose to be ok for a man to sleep around. I am not surprised at all that Claudinette stayed, and I know many Haitian women who had their husband father a child outside of their marriage that stayed. That ish wouldn’t fly with the “americanized” haitians though.

No honor among thieves as they say…u are married but you expect your side piece to be honest with you?? Men…gotta love em

+32Haysus Piece Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 11:28 am

He feels played because she went on to write The Miseducation and made a masterpiece. He wants to act like he helped birth that baby (the album).

+56brooklynarcher Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 11:31 am

not only that but he really actin like they were the “main” affair ! sorry wyclef but it’s clear to everyone who her heart always resided with and it was Rohan. so you was the side piece to the side piece. smh

+8queenie Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 3:05 pm

AND HE WANTED TO BE PRESIDENT…. LOL. LIFE IS A TRIP SHE MADE HER MISTAKES AND SHE’S LIVING WITH THEM…. THEY (MEN) ALWAYS BEAT US WHEN WE’RE DOWN. SHAME ON HIM….

+12BabyBoo Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 4:25 pm

It is one thing to know that your mistress is having her own share of affairs and another for your mistress to actually have a child with one of the other men. Especially after you are left to believe for 9 months that the child is yours.
In any case, these men think it is ok for THEM to sleep around, but the woman should never stray. They know it is hypocritical, but it wont make them change their way of thinking.

+4Stanning Myself Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 4:56 pm

@tiffme I have a friend that got married over a year ago who still sends me nasty grams if she see’s me out with someone. And we havent been involved since she got engaged. Its not just men.

+10FAF Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 3:38 pm

any TRUE fugees/ L.Boogie fan knows this already!! He ain’t spill no tea, really just looking to be compensated. All this over 17 years later??? Chile cheese

Right!!! And I have to do some research but didn’t a good 5 or 6 years ago Lauren say that she didn’t feel like The Miseducation was really her or something to that effect. Like it was a false front and she felt like a hypocrite (and even then I knew why). I give Lauryn no passes – just like I dont give a.keys, fanny or gabby any passes. But as a human being and a woman who has made mistakes I know its not my place to condemn or ridicule anyone or their lifestyle. Life is hard enough and as we can see kharma is not sleeping on the job.

it really was tho. i kno love is complicated and def not black & white but c’mon, two married men at the same time, unprotected sex with both?! naaa maaan that’s ho ****. still love her tho and feel her on life gettin real. *turns on miseducation…*

totally my thoughts.wyclef is funny though. acting like he is the saint because he got fooled all the time, while he was fooling his wife all the time i cant feel sorry for somebody who is cheating on his wife and get mad because his side chick found her big love, while she had an affair with him.

+4Nicki is not the only black entertainer that is on Romney's side. Pres. O for 2012! Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 6:07 pm

From what i heard, Rohan & his wife were separated not divorced when he met lauyrn. His kids are way older than the kids he has w/ Lauryn. They college age, lauryn’s kids are tikes & young teens. but then he soon divorced his wife after getting w/ lauryn

+9Da(m)(n) IT! And I still love her. Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 3:55 pm

Marriage has not changed,everything is just out in the open now. Or we see more and hear more. The more things change the more they stay the same. Check yo bible.

+5BabyBoo Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 5:14 pm

People are always so quick at throwing labels to a situation that they know nothing about. People condem Lauryn Hill for the personality trait that makes her such a great artist. She obviously is a very emotional person, you hear it in her music as she wears her heart on her sleeve, so I am not surprised that she also leads her life based on emotion more than reason. If you think about it, every artist is “screwed up” in a way or another based on our standard of “normal” that is dictated by society. If they werent screwed up, they wouldn’t be as good.

i love your comments especially about “polygamy” being accepted with a lot of haitians i’m not haitian so I felt a little awkward saying it but I have many haitian friends from haiti that are not very americanized its not surprising his wife stayed wyclef’s behavior with seemingly no remorse though not right in my book isn’t surprising either i’ve also heard lauryn believes in polygamy which caused issues with rohan

Its nothing new boo as it is very well documented about this two…Someone said it before Wyclef that it was believed the baby was Wyclef’s and not Rohan’s.This is about his life story, and Lauryn was a part of it…Necole only highlighted this part but I,m sure there’s more…i’M sure he slept with other industry chicks but he may have not mentioned them..so No, I dnt think it’s a tell all ala Superhead

@londonchick If the people involved dont confirm it then its just hear say so you didnt know jack for sure until now…not only does this embarass Lauren but his wife also. He should not have called her name if you ask me.

His wife knew about the book, her and Pras mentioned it after the haiti earthquake that the book would be pushed back so they could include the story of Yele.
@tiffme , he has to call her name he couldn’t write the story of his life and not mention the stories the music industry has been talking about for years.
The stories might be embarrassing but would you want him to lie ?

Truestory Reply:September 17th, 2012 at 11:56 am

His wife knew about the book, her and Pras mentioned it after the haiti earthquake that the book would be pushed back so they could include the story of Yele.
@tiffme , he has to call her name he couldn’t write the story of his life and not mention the stories the music industry has been talking about for years.
The stories might be embarrassing but would you want him to lie ?

I’m not convinced that he believed that she was pregnant with his baby, at least not for the whole 9 months. I vaguely remember knowing it was Ronans while she was actually carrying, so I don’t know how he thought otherwise. But all that other stuff about Ronan being married is 100% fact.

She was only 20 when she got preggo. Everyone makes mistakes. Ya’ll are really trippin over this “tea.” We don’t even know how true all this is because we all know Lauryn isn’t the type to clear the air since she really doesn’t care what the masses say, obviously.

Wow! I was never aware that Wyclef and her were together intimately. If you ask me, it sounds like both Rohan and Wyclef played a role in El Boogie’s demise. Ms. Hill, you got to do better. Find someone for YOU and stop sharing men. Anyway, seems like Lauryn is slowly getting herself together. I heard she had an awesome performance up in NY a few weeks ago. Nas brought her out on stage and she rocked it one time for old times sake!

It was her choice. She made her choice. People need to stop blaming Wycliffe or rohan for her departure. She made choices, even if they might not appear to be the best. But hey, if having a family was more important to her, I do not see how that is a bad thing. If Getting away from the madness is not a bad thing either. I really don’t understand why people look at her as a failure. I really don’t. She could still do concerts if she gathered herself. Maybe a failure in relationships.

I never comment on blog sites but this chit right here!!!!!! It’s a well known fact that Wyclef was cheating on Claudinette. She even did an interview about it, and her dislike for Lauryn. I adore “The Miseducation” album but Wyclef needs to let it go. You are married and STILL discussing Lauryn. Lauryn is not without fault in all of this either. She started messing around with Rohan to make Wyclef jealous, and because he is a Marley.

Man, sometimes I don’t wanna hear about my favorites personal life because of the great body of work they put out. Like this right here. Dammit Lauryn, you slept with not one, but TWO married men! and continued to live with and have babies with one? Yikes!

“Now don’t you understand man universal law
What you throw out comes back to you, star
Never underestimate those who you scar
Cause karma, karma, karma comes back to you hard
You can’t hold God’s people back that long
The chain of Shatan wasn’t made that strong
Trying to pretend like your word is your bond
But until you do right, all you do will go wrong”

She says it all herself I don’t even need to go there lol I hope Lauryn can get a hold of her focus and do whats best for her, for her children because once you create life, it’s much harder to reconnect with the world when you have so many ppl looking up to that you also have to take care of. I wish her the best!

If Lauryn wanted to do music she would be doing it right now. I don’t believe she has stopped. I believe she just doesn’t share it with the world. Wyclef was married and had the nerve to be hurt instead of relieved that he wasn’t having a child outside of his marriage. This goes to show that the “sidepiece” is more than just someone on the side. They get loved too. Hell look at Mi Mi and Joseline. This is nothing new so all you ladies who think you have a one up because you are “married” please think again. Titles are honestly just that. If two people are attracted to each other and want to act on it, then that will happen. Its natural. A title will not change that in most cases. You can’t help who you fall for. People need to have these types of discussions with their lovers. People need to get real.

WOW. See you never know the real story. Lauryn has her own issues to deal with and it cannot be blamed on Wyclef, ppl looking from the outside in, is not always the best view. It just sounds like Lauryn has a few issues, and that she is very talented, not too much shade was thrown at her, sound like he was just being very honest.

Way to throw Ms. Hill under the bus and make it all about you. Typical Wyclef. Nobody is even thinking about u since that flagrant attempt at becoming the president for Haiti. Now u come with this book basically showing how much of a hypocrite you are.

So let me get this straight, you were married, having an affair and Layuryn was wrong because she fell in love and procreated with another man who happened to be married? GTFOHWTBS Wyclef u imbecile u!

The person whose feelings u should have been mostly concerned with is that of your WIFE! Claundinette! You’re pissed simply because Lauryn actually left your butt and fell in love with another man and became a ICON (she still is to me and that’s off ONE ALBUM!). That’s what the real issue is. You weren’t able to take credit for her success and also always be a part of her life with a child. You didn’t think she was going to leave u u narccicist(sp)!. Full of it and I wouldn’t use a page of that book to so much as wipe my a(s)(s) if I was out of toilet tissue.

If i were Lauryn Hill(which i am not obviously), i would not say a word about it at all. I would let them say everything they want to say, provoke her in any way they want, but i would not say anything about it, but to my kids only.

I need Iyanla Vansant to speak with Miss Hill asap ! What is the addiction to be with not one ,but two married men all about ? No wonder she so messed up in the head . ****** with a married man will **** Up Your Whole Life ! Bad Karma is Hellish and Hard to Escape !

Being the devil’s advocate right now…
She was in a musical group with Wyclef, and was probably spending more time with him than his wife was. When two creative souls work together to create art, I can see how things can lead to another especially when creating art demands vulnerability of the artist. As for Rohan, his mariage seems like a technicality more than an actual relationship. Why he hasnt made it legal is beyond me, but who knows, he might have his reasons.
I believe there is always a shade of grey in every situation…real life is rarely so black and white. Heck, thats what makes it interesting! 😉

I love it when men try to take credit for everything that a woman does or doesn’t do. Wyclef treate Lauryn badly. He was cheatin gon his wife nad had the nerve to expect his wife to forgive him for having a ******* behind her back… but could not forgive Lauryn for letting him think the baby was his? So his bad behavior should be forgiven, but her assumed bad behaviour should not? Full of it much Wyclef?

Maybe Lauryn let Wyclef beleive what he choose to believe, to hurt him for all the hurt he caused her? Karma. Check mate!

A fool is born everyday. Lauryn moved on and has a gaggle of kids. She never mentions Wyclef. Wyclef keep Lauryn in his mouth… and is still hurting his wife by doing so. Fool, his wife is also a fool! Why stay with a man who almost had a ******* behind your back?

Whoa at all the tea that was spilled.. lauryn didnt need to do Oprah…they ish was right in Wyclef book.

Its sad but …but the best music is when women are going thrrough something. Its like you can hear it there voice…I love Mary J 2nd cd My Life was her BEST…and that was one of the worst time in her life she says….and you can her that same thing in Lauryn cd….miseducation. Keyshia Cole was like that too…i mean i can go on!

WHOOO CHILE! THAT is some serious tea. Goodness, Lauryn. I wonder what her response will be when people begin to question her about these heavy allegations during interviews and whatnot. Wyclef’s writing was so passionate and deep, it just left me like, WHOO CHILE!

Call a spade a spade sleeping with two married men 5 kids out of wedlock and don’t give me that Rastafarian *** lying to the fathers about paternity of the child this chick is the worse kind of h*e trifling promiscuous and a liar

Wyclef needs to sit down. Also, Rohan was not married during his relationship with Lauryn. He divorced in 1996. His divorce papers are on line. Rohan did an interview with “The Voice” a UK paper this past week. He said he never married Lauryn; because, she did not want to be married. He needs to focus on his own marriage, and why he continued to have affair after affair.

He needs to remember that the source of his rage is now a young 15 year old boy. Sit your a** down.

See errrbody already knew some…*** made Lauryn CRAZy, ok maybe not crazy, no CRAZY, WEIRD,DIFFERENT,OUT-HEr-MIND. between Wyclef and Rohan both her men were married…she never had her own man, and now they say her last baby is by somebody else, I but it somebody in the band, But it seems she aint to CRAZY to ***.

I knew about this affair but I didn’t know baby daddy was married too, ppl.on here mad wyclef told his story n she was a big part of it, I’m waiting for the outrage That Alicia keys n Gabrielle union have gotten but Some of y’all.are so weak y’all gonna make excuses cuz u loved her album…says a lot about the so called morals y’all pretend to have! Imagine if this story was about nicki minaj y’all would lose ur minds goin in! They’re artists not role models so no L. Boogie was no saint..

wow..is that all that is important to you. does dragging someone thru the mud make you happy. some of you women on these blogs need to get a life. judgemental as hell. and get pleasure out of dogging another women. these people know their behavior is wrong. we as black women can’t talk when 70% of our children are born out of wedlock and you already know many of those men you lay down with are married or in other relationship. does that make you a bad person. of course not.

You are directing your anger at me instead of the cheaters? wow & I need to get a life? Did you sleep with a married man & have 5 kids by him too? It’s not cute to me whoever is doing it but I just wanted to know why there was a double standard which is why I asked the question. And FYI I don’t have any children & I don’t know what kind of person you are but I surely don’t lay down with married men or men in relationships. You have some serious issues & it shows all up in your comment.

I think that Lauryn Hill is an amazing artist, whom still has a lot of talent to share with the world. Regardless of what happened in her past, her children are gorgeous, she is a beautiful person, understanding her legal issues with her tax problems, she is going through enough right now, and for her “baby daddy”, to try and bash her, when he was in the wrong as well, having 4 kids together, and still married… dude got a lot of nerve. Didn’t expect this much tea this AM with my breakfast, but i luv it… Miseducation of Lauryn Hill still plays in my car/home/ipod/cdplayer etc… hands down a classic!!!

Wyclef needs to have a seat. This news is OLD as hell. Everyone knew about Lauryn & her husband hopping ways. People just looked the other way because they liked her music. He needs to stop living in the past just to sell his book.

Wyclef needs to sit down and shut up! I just think it’s so tacky when men spill the tea because you just know their judgment is going to be clouded by ego and pride.
He was married so he is in no position to throw stones or try to shade lauryn hill, it’s called KARMA. I’m not excusing lauryn because we haven’t really heard her side but I hate it when men play the victim card, especially when they were doing dirt too.
Wyclef is sounding like a groupie right now!

I wonder does this revelation in the book also a factor into why the people did not want him to be elected President of Haiti. I know they felt he was doing it for political reasons after the earthquake in Haiti and some pointed that regardless of his foundation, he was not a resident of Haiti. Nobody wants negative attention when they are in despair and in need of a leader who leads by example.

welll…if u are having sex with two men at the same time then you really won’t know who the father is until the baby is born. Is he saying that he thought he was the only man in her life and he didn’t know about Rohan?

messing w/married men is a no-go PERIOD don’t matter who you are. Lauren’s album was a CLASSIC #fact has she been reaping what she sowed messing w/folks husband? Yes, look at her so calling her a hoe on a blog is irrelevant at this point. Calling A.Keys & Gabby hoes is too because you gonna reap what you sow regardless, money won’t save you from that #FACT!

I don’t feel sorry for his wife. She has obviously allowed it to happen seeing as they are still married. Respect starts with oneself before someone else like a husband can respect you but to other people money tramps all that.

Geesh Wyclef is being soooo messy! And they say females are messy, but we all know that men can be just as messy or even messier than us! I felt uncomfortable reading it really because it IS so personal AND…this happened how many years ago? Wyclef, there’s no need to bring this up in 2012, you just make yourself look desperate for attention and mad at Lauren. I also just don’t like to hear such negativity about artists…it makes you look at them differently because you wouldn’t think they would do certain things according to their music…but at the end of the day, we are all human and we all make mistakes…even if it is 5 times:/

That was interesting to say the least. But that Rohan is a piece of work boyyyy! Whatever Lauryn is going through right now I hope she can break it because she has so much wisdom to share and her music is just AMAZING!. I think Wyclef was reaching in saying that Lauryn was still with him lyrically. She was STUCK on Rohan and the children that she had with him speak volume on that part . I think he was just crushed that it wasn’t him. Poor guy. But bless his wife’s heart, I’d have a hard time standing by my husband after some ish like that goes down.. there’s always more to the story though.
God Bless them all.

Lauryn, the people are creating a picture of you being an unstable person. If true, please get some help. However, you are human and things happen. So talented. A mind is a terrible thing to waste and once you lose your mind its pretty much gone. Im praying for you sister!

I really don’t think the lady is really worried about what people think right now she’s going through enough as it is and she has to worry about her kids. who gives a **** what wyclef say everyone makes mistakes that don’t mean she need help. All she can do is look to god on these situations. And no one can judge her but him im so tired of ppl having so much to say about someone else’s life its two sides to a story and we’ve only heard one so far.

the mind works in mysterious ways Reply:September 18th, 2012 at 1:02 pm

What is all this she is going through something? What is she exactly going through that is worrying? Eve was saying that she is not in the right frame of mind? What is it that people know about her mental health that we don’t know or see? I don’t see her out and about falling drunk out of clubs, tattooing herself, running around naked and posting naked pictures of herself. Hmmm

Last time I checked isn’t she in jail? And while she’s sitting in their don’t you think she’s worried about her children’s well being don’t ask stupid questions. I don’t see these things happening either so maybe we might be talking about 2 different ppl

IMO, Wyclef has never been able to let Lauryn go and that is why every now and then he pops up still talking about this girl. Now, what Lauryn did was wrong and he was wrong too. It’s all water under the bridge. Whatever Lauryn’s dealing with I wish her the best of luck and most of all I wish the girl would put out new music !

I know many women who have or are currently datingunavailable men. Being that my circle is not wealthy, we already know it wasn’t about the money. Truth be told, these women have serious emotional issues, have no idea what real love feels like, have been used and absued by men in the past and are so quick to believe their BS. They don’t do it out of malice, they are just lonely and vulnerable and their logic is so warped because of it. All this to say that we should try to understand them instead of condemning them. Not all of the women who are with married men are evil, some actually deserve our sympathy more than anything else.

Maybe if you listened to the music and understood it better, you would know that she was explaining, not painting herself perfect.
There’s a difference, if you take the time out to listen and understand.

Wyclef messy for that….He mad cause lauryn played dat (a)(s)(s) right back…Rohan was NOT married when he was with lauryn and had the first son..She let that fool believe whatever he wanted to believe cause he was playin a game with her too..Spade for a spade…THAT’S why he salty, Men can do whatever it is they wanna do to women but wen that gets thrown back they can never forgive and hold on to it forever!! Talk about wantin ya cake and eatin it too!

I swear to god yall kill me. Okay, so the man writes a book about himself, and mentions someone he was intimate with, he even goes as far as pointing out he was wrong. That is his truth, but yall swear you know better cause apparently you were there! sheesh

wtf am I getting thumb down about some **** that true come on ppl lets be real aint nothing but a bunch of fake ass fans on here 4real when she was doing good ya’ll was all up here ass now cause her business getting put in the streets she’s mental and she needs help ****! with that ****!

How old is Lauryn’s oldest, and why is Wyclef talking about this again, disrespecting his wife again???????

Lauryn’s kids are here and she’s proud of her kids, they were not a mistake but her blessing. And how can Wyclef talk about her being unmarried with 5 children when he had a wife and cheated, not just with Lauryn Hill….and I’m pretty sure being in a group he with Lauryn he was well aware of her indiscretions and character.

I don’t think its cool for Clef to say these things about Lauryn, especially after so many years. Its not relavant to anything at all. We love to continue to tear each other down.

I always wondered about Claudinette. I’m 1/2 Haitian *Father* and I know how they do w/the mistresses & children on the side. Claudinette NEVER gave birth to a child for Wyclef. Instead they adopted a gorgeous lil girl from Haiti. I wonder if this was his excuse for getting Lauryn pregnant. Either way BOTH of them have been f’d ever since. Meanwhile Claudinette is showing at Fashion Week. !PopStyle! on that for her.
Lauryn miseducated herself & has nothing to show for it but Tax Liens & a worn out birthing canal. This is one of many reasons why I don’t elevate artists on a level higher then God. Chile I bop to MOLH but that’s about it. She’s no role model for me!!
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How can you say that she has nothing to show for it? Her children, regardless of how they came into this world. Her past music, that people cannot stop talking about, it not even past but still present. And if she has a peace of mind and is content with where she is now, emotionally and spiritually, I don’t see what the problem is. She was never the materialistic artist, so I don’t even think about what she has in terms of material things, because she was never the show off in that sense. I always percieve her in how she presented her music.

He is such a delusional egomaniac. How vain to think her album is about their relationship. Like she can’t write an album without his influence. Please. She may have been HIS muse, but she obviously didn’t give two ***** about his ass. And to insinuate that she’s some kind of irresponsible **** for having so many children? What a *******. This is the same moron who wanted to run for president of Haiti even though he didn’t live there?? Ugh. Can’t stand his fake ass.

I don’t know what to say but If I don’t like A, Keys, Gabby, Fantasia, and other women who thought it was cool to have relationships with men who were committed to someone else then I can’t stand with Lauryn.

Also Wyclef and all the men who didn’t give a care to end their relationships the proper way is full of it too. I can’t believe him, his wife should leave him because I bet this is not the first and last time he cheated on her

Really Clef, did u need 2 bring this up…its already been discussed a million and one times…plus come on guy, you’re a married man with a lovely daughter that you and your wife adopted…why is this new news that has already been written in the hip-hop books on Lauryn and your relationship.

Clef and Rohan and other’s acting like Lauryn’s about to be ghost and all of them have to tell their story now…really???

If i hear one more person expressing their shame and anger at Lauryn not being out there sharing her gift of music, i am going to scream, seriously.

Here is the thing,

Go out and buy Miseducation and whatever else she put out back then, listen to it carefully, and understand everything she sang about and wanted. When everybody who wants her come back has done understanding her work and what she is about about, come back and do your expression. *sigh*

I am not implying anything. I am saying that yes, she has a gift, she chose to walk away from it all, for reasons A- Z. It means she will choose when to come back, if she comes back, when she is ready.
And people these days don’t really listen to or give two thoughts about artists like her *looks at music execs*, so why are people really so caught up in her non return? Instead they should go and collect her work and stimulate their brains to it. If it’s not enough, there are plenty of other constructive artists like her, if they bother to look. But I understand there is only one Lauryn Hill and she can’t be replaced, but it’s no excuse not to embrace others like her.

Reading this article just shows me how a man having multiple women is not in any way a problem, hasn’t changed either since forever.

Look at how he speaks about it casually, like there is no big deal about it. The big deal to him is Lauryn telling him that the child was his when he wasn’t. But the joke is, Lauryn is the devil. kai, ucky for some.

WOWZER!!! Ok, before you all get all opinated, just remember you havent heard from Lauryn’s side and Wyclef has a book to sell and personally I think most people are going to skip thru it and go straight for the spill on the Fugees.
All I’m saying is be mindful of a N word and his motives! Be mindful of why a person would spill these hurtful beans at this point in his life (Damn near half a century later). The only person truly benefitting is him and his book sales.

Wyclef get on my damn nerve,when is the last time he had a damn hit 911 with mary,with his non singing a**, we know lauryn is a weirdo now,but wyclef u was commiting adultry urself&i aint forgot about u agreeing to perform at the dam GOP convention,and when ur charity stealing ass herd the backlash pulled out at the last min.

If you were not a ****** bag before this post & your book, you are defiantly 1 now! Dude act like his wife was just his girlfriend & Lauren was the 1st lady. Zion about 13 years old, if not a lil older…get over it. If you want Lauren that bad, then…nevermind. 1st he wants to be president of Haiti…now this book? Dude get your life

women exploit their past relationships with men all the time… write books..make t.v. shows.. do interviews with oprah and like…this man writes a book about his life and includes her who he thought was the mother of his child and was also a co founder of the LEGENDARY group they started and his wrong hmmm okay…you can turn basketball “wives” back on…

Clef is a narcissist A cheating narcissist. They put muse/lovers on unrealistic pedestal and once you lose favor in their eyes you fall off. and Lauren was his “supply source”. Ever narcisist needs a submissive supply source to survive.

Why is Wyclef getting so much hate for telling his side of the story? Everyone is to blame in this situation, like why do women always put other women as the victim when it comes to people like Hill (for the sake of her talent). Okay, she is going through bad times, but it doesn’t make the situation less wrong. She made mistakes too, and she is to blame just as much as the players in her affairs. She doesn’t get less heat then anybody else. The women has talent, but it’s not a pass to sleep with married men. Just like Clef has talent, and he doesn’t get a pass for cheating on his wife.

I wish you guys stop always blaming the man for a women’s downfall, as if he completely controlled her actions. Women take some responsibility, and say I messed up. Lauren messed up, and Clef is telling his side of the story. Doesn’t he have a right to? I mean it wouldn’t be a real book, if he didn’t mention Lauren at all. I pretty sure his wife is aware of the book, and they have worked out their differences since the affair has occurred.

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